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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:27 PM
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quote quiz
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 05:30 PM by Devra
who said this?
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."

first one to guess gets a smiley
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:34 PM
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1. if that one is too hard how about this one
"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil"

and it is the same person that said the first one
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:44 PM
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2. Hmmm.
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 05:44 PM by Call Me Wesley
I know. Shall I say? The original is French.
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:10 PM
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3. guess if you know.
I can always post a follow up quote
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:11 PM
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4. François Marie Arouet (nt)
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 06:15 PM by Call Me Wesley
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:19 PM
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5. yep I figured you would just say Voltaire though
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 06:24 PM by Devra
:toast: I didn't know his full name before I googled it just now.(which reminders me googleing is cheating) lets see

do you know who said this

"The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it."
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:22 PM
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6. I had to read Voltaire for a long time.
But I give up on the new quote.
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:27 PM
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7. heres another quote buy the same person as my last post
"I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars."
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:32 PM
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8. and another quote
"I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute."
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:49 PM
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9. ok mabye the last one was a bit obscure
who said this

"... adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them."
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